Power to the people! This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we look at a nifty little startup out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This co-operative is bringing solar investments to the little guy. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/saskatchewan-solar-co-operative

Summerside PEI replaced nearly all of its expensive diesel generated electricity with wind power by building a smart grid and storing energy in residents furnaces and hot water heaters. This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures hear how Summerside went from zero to 46% wind power in less than one decade! See blog, video and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/148-summerside-community-wind

Summerside PEI replaced nearly all of its expensive diesel generated electricity with wind power by building a smart grid and storing energy in residents furnaces and hot water heaters. This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures hear how Summerside went from zero to 46% wind power in less than one decade! See blog, video and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/148-summerside-community-wind

Tom Rand sold his first company in the 90s. It was called Voice Courier and the automated voice response technology behind it underpins most customer service phone systems today. Since then he's moved onto greener pastures, building, investing and advising cleantech companies through the MaRS business incubator in Toronto. Learn what you need to have in order to build the next gamechanging cleantech company this week at Green Energy Futures.

With solar dropping in price don't be shocked when you start seeing solar everywhere. Learn how and why the price has dropped so much and what's happening in Canada's solar industry on this week's Green Energy Futures program on CKUA Radio.

Bob Chelmick's Solar Cabin in the Woods is the near mythical home of "The Road Home" radio series on the CKUA Radio Network. It's solar powered, wood heated and it's from this cabin that Bob produces his ground breaking radio series. Also see Green Energy Futures blog, video and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/bob-chelmicks-solar-powered-cabin

This week of CKUA's Green Energy Futures segment we talk to Lliam Hildebrand one of the founders of Iron and Earth, a boilermaker who joined other tradespeople in calling for renewable energy job training for out of work oil workers. "Our primary goals are number one, to build up the workforce capacity to build renewable energy projects in Canada and in Alberta. Secondly, we want to help build up the manufacturing sector required to build renewable energy. And third, we want to ensure that our contractors and unions can position themselves within this emerging sector." See story: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/iron-and-earth-renewable-training

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we examine how PEI replaced expensive diesel power with the highest proportion of wind power in North America. See blog and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pei-rocks-wind-power

This week, on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we visit the NorthWest tip of Prince Edward Island, home of the Wind Energy Institute of Canada.

The institute is a self-funded leader when it comes to real-world application of wind technology.

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we take a look at Calgary's renewable energy powered infrastructure and how it will pay off when Alberta'a carbon tax goes into effect.